Iva Anjani is a self-taught artist who grew up just outside of the concrete jungles of Jakarta, Indonesia. Inspired by her upbringing and immigration to Aotearoa, she currently enjoys using textile waste to express herself creatively. For most of her life, she’s obeyed every rule. Now she lives to try and break them, slowly and in her own ways. She’s still finding out what she was set out to do with her life, but for now she happily resides in Ōtautahi with her partner and two cats.
Iva’s work explores her world, from childhood memories and her immediate surroundings, to wider issues of sustainability, consumption and, ultimately, existentialism.
Using repurposed textiles, Iva’s work is juxtaposed with pervasive fast-fashion and throw-away, single-use consumption — finding new purpose and celebrating the unique qualities of bespoke productions. Iva’s work has featured in Watch This Space’s Spotlight - Urban Art Projections series and Roll Call - A Survey of Ōtautahi Urban Art and Artists.
About Iva
Retail Therapy, Iva Anjani’s project for The Little Street Art Festival, is a direct alternative to fast-fashion — a series of upcycled garments displaying poetic musings that will emerge from a window display in the BNZ Centre to be found throughout the central city. Readily available for keen explorers, Anjani’s pieces will be dispersed not within flashy shop fronts at high dollar value price points, but hung earnestly in out of the way spaces, juxtaposed with the urban environment and free to a good home!
One-of-a-kind creations, these works are an antithesis to the mass-produced items we so often procure — the only cost in securing these artworks is the time spent to navigate our cityscape and it’s fascinating juxtapositions. With a new garment released into the wild each day of the Little Street Art Festival, this is an ongoing performance that invites participation — so stay tuned for clues of each new drop on the artist’s social media, but as they say in the ads — you better be quick!
About Retail Therapy
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